[Pride and Prejudice] Lady Makes Money

Speaking of which, Mr. Bennet really knows Mary.

Sure enough, as he expected, after experiencing a little nervousness at first, and then confirming that her parents would worry about her, she immediately became the hands-off shopkeeper.

Entrusting the reception of Campbell's family to her parents, she refocused her energy on her money-making business.

Early the next morning, Manli took Elizabeth to Newgrange together.

Elizabeth took the new sample she developed and went to the workshop to find people to make a sample, while she went to the warehouse.

This is a new task assigned to her by Mr. Bennet, asking her to find a way to deal with the goods in the warehouse.

The Spencer family had no time to manage the field in the later period because of an accident at home.

So the person in charge simply asked people to plant good seeds in the fields, high-yield, long-lasting but worthless potatoes, sweet potatoes, and beans.

Seeing that it is full and occupying several warehouses, in fact, it can't be sold for much money.

If you can't find a way to dispose of these things now, and the weather gets warmer, once they sprout again, they will be even more worthless, and you have to find someone to treat them as garbage.

Manli stared at the piles of potatoes and sweet potatoes that were so big that no one could walk in. After returning home, she began to think about making vermicelli.

She first asked her father to find a carpenter to make a few sieves for her, and then asked the servants to grind a large jar of sweet potato starch from the dried sweet potatoes.

Going to experiment with sweet potatoes first.

Soon, the sieve was ready, so Manli took Kitty, whose face was full of curiosity, and Martha to start making.

In fact, Man Li has never made vermicelli.

I just glanced at it casually when I was watching a food show, and I probably know a little bit about the production process.

Fortunately, this thing does not have too much technical content. At most, it is just to grasp the softness and hardness of the dough when kneading the dough.

And these can definitely be slowly explored and improved in the later stage.

Manli first kneaded the ground sweet potato starch into a slightly soft dough, and then put it in the sieve.

The so-called sieve is actually more similar to a wooden bowl, but there are several holes in the bottom of the bowl.

Put the kneaded dough in, beat it hard from above, and the starch will flow out in thin threads from the holes, all the way to the boiling pot sitting on the stove below.

At this time, Martha who was waiting next to her immediately followed Manli's request, and skillfully used a pair of long wooden sticks, which her third lady called chopsticks, to fish out the cooked vermicelli and quickly Place in a nearby pot of cold water to set.

Then use scissors to cut the shaped vermicelli into normal lengths and hand them to Kitty who is waiting aside, and she will take them out and spread them out to dry on the bamboo poles outside.

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At the beginning, the three of them were very unfamiliar, and they didn't cooperate tacitly when they were in a hurry.

The vermicelli made were even thicker and thinner, and some were broken in the pot before Martha could cut it.

But after doing it several times in a row, the few people became more and more proficient, and their cooperation became better and better.

So much so that Manli squeezed out all the dough, and the vermicelli can be guaranteed to be the same thickness, and none of them will be torn or broken into the pot in advance.

So for several days in a row, the dinner at home has many new tricks.

What kind of ants are on the tree, vermicelli stewed meat, chicken stewed mushroom vermicelli, egg tofu vermicelli big steamed stuffed bun...

Everything is delicious, so gluttonous!

If you don't say it, no one would have thought that this delicious thing that makes people want to swallow it with their tongues comes from sweet potatoes that are kept in the warehouse and no one even looks at them!

These days, the Bennet family ate different kinds of big meals every day, and everyone ate until their mouths were greasy, and they unknowingly gained several pounds.

So much so that at three or four in the afternoon, when cooking was about to start, everyone looked at Manli with anticipation.

Therefore, in the new estate of the Bennet family, a new processing workshop was built soon, specializing in making vermicelli.

And just like the tofu shop, there is also a stove in front of the external store, with a big pot on it, and a pot of broth has been gurgling since the door was opened.

Every merchant who comes to place an order, no matter whether he buys it or not, as soon as he approaches, someone will hand him a bowl of hot beef noodles to warm you up.

On this cold day that can freeze people's ears off, who else can leave the bowl and leave without the slightest thought after eating that bowl of fragrant, hot soup powder exuding the aroma of beef and pepper? Not to be tempted?

Soon, shops selling vermicelli became crowded with customers.

What a beautiful day to sit at home and count your money!

Especially when the steward came to pay the account every night.

Mr. Bennet no longer avoids his daughters when he looks at the account books. On the contrary, he will report the business situation to them from time to time.

After all, most of the money used to buy this new manor was the dowry money of the daughters, and these girls are still waiting for their father to give them bonuses!

Seeing that since Manli came back, the family's income has increased day by day.Even if it's too cold outside one day, the whole family stays lazy and doesn't even go out, even when they don't even go to New Grange to see, the money can still roll in——

Everyone in the Bennet family was extremely excited.

The whole family became excited, as if they were all wound up, consciously or unconsciously began to work harder to make their home better.

The weather in January and February coincides with the coldest time of the year.

At this time in previous years, the Bennet family, like every family in the surrounding villages, had already started cat winter, staying at home without going out, eating and sleeping every day.

But this year, at home, in Zhuangzi, running around, walking is windy.

Even though his face was flushed from the cold and his nose was stuffy every day because of the cold, no one felt hard because of it.

Everyone looked more energetic than usual, with smiles on their faces.

They feel that such a day is really great!If you can keep going like this, you will be satisfied.

No one knows that these ideas are like treasures in the eyes of everyone, but to Manli, they are actually just a trial.

She was holding back and didn't have time to amplify her move!

These days, Manli is thinking about how to make hot pot.

For ordinary people, eating hot pot is a bit troublesome, and the various materials that need to be prepared in advance are a big hurdle.

But in this day and age, there are already a lot of rich people.

Those things are nothing to the nobles, or even generally a little richer families.

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, when there is heavy snow, the whole family sits together, eating hot hot pot, chatting and laughing...these days are really fun, aren't they?

In Manli's opinion, now is the best time to make hot pot.

The hot pot base is already available, and beef and mutton are not a problem.

Even with Martha's current knife skills, the meat cannot be cut into thin slices, but it is not difficult to process the meat first, freeze it outside overnight, and take a clean plane the next day to slice it into rolls.

As for side dishes, potatoes, tofu, yuba, mushrooms, spinach...

Manli thinks that if she thinks about it casually, ten or eight of them will immediately pop up in her mind, which is no problem at all.

And now, the only thing that bothers her is the way she eats.

Manli wanted to make hot pot, not just to eat it at home, she wanted to help her uncle open the hot pot restaurant like a fast food restaurant.

In the Hua country where she comes from, when everyone eats hot pot, what they pay attention to is an atmosphere.

A group of people sat together, boiling in a pot, eating and talking, and the picture was a lively scene.

And this, in the UK at the moment, is obviously not appropriate.

So, what she wants to do now is the small self-service hot pot that was once all the rage in her hometown.

One person per person, one alcohol stove, one small hot pot, several dishes, several saucers, and eat while cooking, clean and casual.

But where can she find solid alcohol now?

Charcoal can be used, and the temperature of the hot pot is not easy to control.

If the temperature cannot be reached, the meat will not be cooked for a long time in the pot, then it will be embarrassing...

So, when everyone was in high spirits and every day was like the Chinese New Year, only Manli fell into deep thought from time to time.

Mr. Bennet wondered what his daughter was thinking about?

Seeing her like this, I thought she was worried about how to behave when Jin's family came.

Therefore, he arranged various matters for receiving distinguished guests more carefully, and made up his mind to make sure that the whole family could not find any faults when they came as guests, so that the marriage of his favorite third daughter would go smoothly.

After thinking about it for several days, Manli finally came up with a solution.She spent one night drawing the design, and handed it to her father early in the morning: "Dad, you can find a blacksmith to help me make this pot. The size and shape must follow my standards. Remember to Remind him that it must be made of all copper."

"All copper?" Mr. Bennet frowned.

You know, the price of copper is not cheap.

"Yes, copper must be used. Also, Dad, you must remember to ask the blacksmith to sign this non-disclosure agreement!" Manli said, and handed over two identically written agreements.

Mr. Bennet has seen this agreement a lot now. Whether it is the earliest thermos barrel or the later bath barrel, he has taken it out for people to sign several times, so he is very used to taking it over, and put it together with the design drawing. together.

"I'll help you do it today."

Even though he didn't understand what the pot his daughter was going to make, but out of trust in Manli, Mr. Bennet didn't even ask a question.

But just when he packed up his things and was about to go out, his carriage was not ready yet, but there was the sound of a strange rut driving across the road outside.

Soon, the servant hurried in from the outside, and said to everyone who was busy in the room: "Mr. Alang came to visit and said he came to say goodbye."